sw, thinking of you + all you went through ~ how amazing of you to take the time to comment ~ t h a n k y o u.. …

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Snap on the carpet, looks exactly like ours! And loving that flooring too. Of course can't wait to see more!
Of course can understand how much you…

F i n a l l y, as promised, some inside pictures. Please forgive me for the delay, I am a hassled working mother coming off the back of one…

Hey Lex, thanks for popping in! So glad you found the drainage explanations useful! but sorry they're too late. Hopefully they'll help someone out!
Agree, we were so lucky with our…

Hello Mclaren, as usual all is lovely at your place. I love your drapes! Can't wait till we are at that stage, but…

Eskay, it all looks so brilliant! You've made some fantastic selections + they've all turned out so well. …

T, have just caught up on your drama, I am so sorry!! Unbelievable turn of events.
It sometimes seems as if it doesn't matter…

Stormy ~ thanks for your compliments! I have PM'd you.

Happy New Year!
Guys, thanks so much for all your kind words! We are loving living back here. I have barely caught my breath…

Hey edscl, just popping in to say hi + I love the look of your build! The Amberlea is a great layout. It was also very important for us to…

Yeah Dee, the moat situation would be a bit scary, I do remember seeing some of your issues ~ and this is the worst time of year for real rain.…

Hi dreamsRgood ~ just wanted to pop in + offer congratulations on your pegging ~ + what a wonderful journey you are on with this build ~ what strength.
You have…

Barb! I *do* have more pictures of the flooring. I was going to wait a few days before I put them up, people…

Hey Velouria, huge congratulations on getting to this point + getting through PCI. We also had a l o n g PCI session of nearly 4 hrs going through ~…

C'mon tink, what's not to love with drainage shots??
Anyway, the last bits here...
Driveway (cont’d):
The driveway pour…

Driveway:
We had detailed discussions with our guy relating to the fall we needed for the channel drains in front of and behind the garage, + on the end of the…

Drainage (cont’d):
Our concreter was the most professional, fantastic guy. He was there *every day* because he wanted to supervise the work of the plumber ~ as he said, otherwise his…

OK! Internet is back. With this brilliant weather this weekend we’ve been trying to sort out some of the mess in the front yard…

Yes Barb, here are some coming up right away!

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Wow wow wow, all gorgeous.
Now you enter that strange zone where SO much has been done, but a thousand little things remain... that can blow out. Fingers…

Oh my tink, it's looking amazing!! I can't believe how fast everything is moving for you!
The render…

Hey T! I have just caught up with your progress (since p. 24!!! .. that has taken a while on the wireless!! …

I laughed when you mentioned earlier about DH racing across town to get the last Redishades... we couldn't get them + ended up with temporary pleated 'shutters' ~ ordered from…

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Agree with ref_kt that possibly silvery/grey would be a great alternative wall colour to blend the wallpaper feature in a little more.
Also agree with Rudolf1980…

Barb, it looks amazing! Stewart has done a brilliant, brilliant job! Gorgeous!

Hey Barb, thanks you! + for all your support too ... It has been a very busy time. We've now had 8 sleeps…

Hey Mclaren, so so much to do isn't there! There are still boxes not unpacked. We are slowly figuring out what goes where + what we'll need to get.
The…

Velouria, thanks for your kind words. It has been a bit of a slog ~ it's October 2011 ~ 22 months since we moved into the rental! The kids are…

Westy! Belated + huge c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s on your beautiful new little one ~ so gorgeous! Great pic…

Hi everyone, very quick hello! We haven't fallen off the face of the earth! But no internet (of course!).
We had handover late September, weeks of drainage plumbing, driveway, pathways all…